The proliferation of mobile technology has created new opportunities and challenges for behavior analysts working with children with autism spectrum disorder. Mobile applications designed to teach receptive language skills represent a growing category of technology-assisted instruction that merits careful evaluation by practitioners.
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Join Free →Read the following article and pass a 6-question quiz on it: Novack, M. N., Hong, E., Dixon, D. R., & Granpeesheh, D. (2019). An evaluation of a mobile application designed to teach receptivelanguage skills to children with autism spectrum disorder.Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 66-77. To earn credit, you will be required to read the article and pass a 6-question quiz about it. You can retake the quiz as many times as needed, but you will not receive exactly the same questions each time. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a mobile application, Camp Discovery, designed to teach receptive language skills to children with autism spectrum disorder based on the principles of applied behavior analysis. Participants (N = 28) were randomly assigned to an immediate-treatment or a delayed-treatment control group. The treatment group made significant gains, p < .001, M = 58.1, SE = 7.54, following 4 weeks of interaction with the application as compared to the control group, M = 8.4, SE = 2.13. Secondary analyses revealed significant gains in the control group after using the application and maintenance of acquired skills in the treatment group after application usage was discontinued. Findings suggest that the application effectively teaches the targeted skills. There are no reviews yet.
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